Too much to drink soda, orange juice (orange juice), or other sweet drinks seemed to increase the risk of developing gout, some forms of arthritis, according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Women who consume two cans of non-diet soda or more per day, two times more likely to get gout than women who rarely drink soda, from the findings of this study. Drinking 12 ounces or more of orange juice per day increased risk by about the same amount.
Women who frequently drink a soda or a 6-ounce glass of orange juice per day, respectively 74% and 41% greater risk of developing gout, compared with women who rarely drink soda or orange juice.
Fructose seems to be the ringleader, said the study's lead author, Hyon Choi, MD, a professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, the sugar found in fruit juice and corn syrup high fructose content will be used to make many non-diet soda, fructose increases chemical levels of uric acid, which causes gout. If levels of uric acid in the body is too high, the crystal hardens into acid and then stored in the joints.
Reduced consumption of sugary drinks will help you, especially for patients with uric acid or if you have high uric acid levels, "said Dr. Choi, who presented these findings at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, in Atlanta. (This finding reinforces a study in 2008 the same in men, also headed by Dr. Choi.)
Overall risk of developing gout is very low, however. Over a period of 22 years, only 1% of nearly 79,000 women included in the study who developed into gout, and the increased risks associated with soda and juice consumption is limited almost exclusively to women who have undergone menopause.
Estrogen appears to protect against gout, Dr Choi said. As many as 98% of cases of gout occur in women after menopause, when estrogen decreases tigkat, he added.
Study participants, who are part of the experiment mostly white between the ages of 30 to 55. Gout levels tend to be higher among men and blacks than among white women, thus increasing the risk of gout associated with sweet drinks may be slightly higher in the population at large than in the study, the authors note.
However, fructose may play a relatively minor role in the development of gout. Although the researchers controlled for body mass index and dietary factors associated with gout (such as alcohol, meat, seafood, and dairy intake), fructose consumption is difficult to be released from other factors that may contribute to the disease, said Karen Congro, RN, director Wellness for Life Program at Brooklyn Hospital Center, New York City.
"We can not prove 100% that the [fructose] is the element that causes uric acid when there are so many other problems," said Congro. "Does drinking beverages with high fructose corn syrup, or whether the whole diet?"
Gout is a growing problem in the U.S. with the percentage of adults are affected by the condition increased from 2.7% in the 80's and early 90's and nearly 4% in 2008, according to another study presented at the meeting.
Women who consume two cans of non-diet soda or more per day, two times more likely to get gout than women who rarely drink soda, from the findings of this study. Drinking 12 ounces or more of orange juice per day increased risk by about the same amount.
Women who frequently drink a soda or a 6-ounce glass of orange juice per day, respectively 74% and 41% greater risk of developing gout, compared with women who rarely drink soda or orange juice.
Fructose seems to be the ringleader, said the study's lead author, Hyon Choi, MD, a professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, the sugar found in fruit juice and corn syrup high fructose content will be used to make many non-diet soda, fructose increases chemical levels of uric acid, which causes gout. If levels of uric acid in the body is too high, the crystal hardens into acid and then stored in the joints.
Reduced consumption of sugary drinks will help you, especially for patients with uric acid or if you have high uric acid levels, "said Dr. Choi, who presented these findings at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, in Atlanta. (This finding reinforces a study in 2008 the same in men, also headed by Dr. Choi.)
Overall risk of developing gout is very low, however. Over a period of 22 years, only 1% of nearly 79,000 women included in the study who developed into gout, and the increased risks associated with soda and juice consumption is limited almost exclusively to women who have undergone menopause.
Estrogen appears to protect against gout, Dr Choi said. As many as 98% of cases of gout occur in women after menopause, when estrogen decreases tigkat, he added.
Study participants, who are part of the experiment mostly white between the ages of 30 to 55. Gout levels tend to be higher among men and blacks than among white women, thus increasing the risk of gout associated with sweet drinks may be slightly higher in the population at large than in the study, the authors note.
However, fructose may play a relatively minor role in the development of gout. Although the researchers controlled for body mass index and dietary factors associated with gout (such as alcohol, meat, seafood, and dairy intake), fructose consumption is difficult to be released from other factors that may contribute to the disease, said Karen Congro, RN, director Wellness for Life Program at Brooklyn Hospital Center, New York City.
"We can not prove 100% that the [fructose] is the element that causes uric acid when there are so many other problems," said Congro. "Does drinking beverages with high fructose corn syrup, or whether the whole diet?"
Gout is a growing problem in the U.S. with the percentage of adults are affected by the condition increased from 2.7% in the 80's and early 90's and nearly 4% in 2008, according to another study presented at the meeting.
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